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JOHN H. CONRAD, OF CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN.

PORTABLE SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,940, dated October5, 1880.

Application filed July 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. CONRAD, of Charlotte, in the county of Eatonand State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Portable SlidingGate; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

Theobject of myinvention is to form a portable sliding gate which willdispense with hinges and will permit of its adaptation to any width ofopening and which may be readily removed from place to place andconnected with a temporary opening or gap made in the fence, by whichmeans a temporary wagonroad may be opened between adjoining fields andthe opening in the fence protected to prevent the passage of cattle fromone field to the other, and the improvement consists in a pcculiarcombination of three gate-panels with each other so that one of thepanels will be stationary and the other panels will be arranged to slideupon the stationary panel and upon each other, by which means thesliding panels will not be permitted to sag when they are expanded, andwill insure a firm connection of parts that will slide one upon theother with but little friction, as will herein after more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate andstationary panel when expanded and constructed according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the intermediate sliding paneldetached. Fig. 3, a similar view of the end sliding panel 5 Fig. 4, asimilar view of the stationary panel Fig. 5, a vertical section in theline w a; of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a similar view in the line y y of Fig. 1,and Fig. 7 a similar view in the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The stationary panel A of the gate is formed of the cap-piece a,horizontal rails acfia a a post A, intermediate batten A post A andguide-rail A Thispanelis secnrelynnited to one end ofthe fence alongsideot the gap, and is connected with aslidingintermediate panel, B, in thefollowingmanner: The panelB is formed of double posts B B at its outerend, and a single post, B, at its inner end, the said posts beingconnected by horizontal rails b b that slide in mortises in the post Aand intermediate batten A The panel B is held to the (N0 model.)

panel A so that its rails b will slide freely within, but be preventedfrom leaving the mortises in the post A and batten A by means of metalstaples a in the post A, opposite the mortises that straddle the railsof the panel B. The inner post, B of the panel B is held to slide freelybetween the horizontal rails and the guide-rails of the panelA,so thatthe sliding panel B is prevented from leaving the stationary panel A bythe double means described. The intermediate batten, A ot'panel A isalso mortised to allow the horizontal rails of panel B to pass freelythrough the said mortises, and serve as additional means of connectingand securing the parts. The guide-rail A is secured at its ends to thebattens A and post A and the post B of panel B is thereby held closelyagainst the panel A, but permitted to slide freely from a point near thepost A close up to the batten A so that when the panel B is extended atleast one-half of it will be braced and supported against one-half ofthe panel A. The panel 0 is formed of horizontal rails c 0 0 0cithatcorrcspond in number and position with the rails a, (F, &c., ofthe panel A, and are arranged to slide longitudinally against the faceof each other. The rails of the panel C are secured to end posts, 0 Oand intermediate batten, O and the outer ends of the rails, between thebatten G and post 0 slide freely between the posts B B of the panel B,the said posts B B being held apart a suitable distance by blocks 0interposed between them at points between the horizontal rails of thepanel, so that the said panel 0 may be extended beyond the intermediatepanel, B, for half its length, or at least until the batten (l of saidpanel shall be obstructed by the post B of the panel B. The post 0 ofpanel C is held closely against the panel A, and is permitted to slidefrom one end of said panel to the other by means of a hook secured tothe said post 0, that engages with the said horizontal rail 64 (shown indotted lines, Fig. 6,) and holds the post closely against the side ofthe panel, but permits it to freely slide upon it. It will thus When thepanel A is extended its full length it will be amply braced by one halfof the panel B, the other half of the panel being securely held againstthe stationary panel A, so that the panel B serves as anintermediate lapor splice panel between the end panels.

The three panels thus secured together may be easily carried from placeto place, or connected in any suitable manner with the end of a line offence to span the gap between itand an adjoining line of fence, and willserve every purpose of a gate.

For convenience of operation and simplicity of construction it possessesadvantages over many gates that are secured permanently in position.

The gate may be only partially opened for the passage of a singleanimal, or for the pasaeaeae v sage of the smaller kind, while cattleare barred from passing through the limited openin What I claim as newis- In a farm-gate formed of sections arranged to slide one upon theother, the panel A, provided with post A the battenA and guiderail A,secured to the said post and batten, in combination with panel B, one ofthe posts of which is arranged to slide between the post A and batten Aand is heldin place by guiderail A and'the panel 0, arranged to slideup- 1 on the other panels and be braced by the in- I termediate panel,B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN H. CONRAD.

Witnesses:

D. R. SAGENDORPH, HENRY DIOKIE.

